Device for piling cloth in the desired lengths.



S. SAMPSON. DEVICE FOR FILING CLOTH IN THE DESIRED LENGTHS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8, 1910.

Patented Nov. 22, 1910.

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SAMUEL SAMPSON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

DEVICE FOR FILING CLOTH IN THE DESIRED LENGTHS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 22, 1910.

Application filed June 8, 1910. Serial No. 565,798.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL SAMPSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDevices for Piling Cloth in the Desired Lengths, of which the followingis a specification.

My invent-ion relates to improvements in devices for piling cloth in thedesired lengths, the object of the invention being to provide a wheeleddevice which may be used on an ordinary table, and which will support abolt of goods and feed the material from the bolt as the device is movedbackward and forward over the table to lay out the goods and pile it inthicknesses or layers of the same length, with the edges in register, sothat there will be a minimum of waste of material when the pile is cut.

This device is primarily for use in the manufacture of wearing apparel,in which a large amount of goods is simultaneously cut to permit themanufacture of a large number of garments of the same size, and itspurpose is to economize in time in laying out the goods, economize inlabor, and economize in material as it is designed to accurately lay outthe goods so that there will be a minimum of loss in cutting.

WVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations and arrangements ofparts, as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out inthe claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1, is a plan view illustrating myimprovements in position on an ordinary table. Figs. 2, and 3, are viewsin elevation taken from opposite sides of Fig. 1. Fig. 4:, is a view inend elevation of the device, showing the table in cross section, andFig. 5, is a plan view of the device.

1, represents a table such as ordinarily used by tailors, and to onelong edge of the table an angle iron 2 is secured forming a rail whichis preferably below the upper surface of the table, and does notinterfere with the ordinary use of the table.

My improved device comprises a car having a frame 3 supported at one endon two grooved wheels 1, mounted to run on the rail 2, and at its otherend on two flat wheels 5, mounted to run-on the upper face of thetable 1. The frame 3 is preferably of the collapsible form illustrated,in which a series of diagonal bars 6 pivotally connect parallel bars 7at the sides or ends, with a bar 8 located at the center of the frameand paral lel with the bars 7. The frame is held in its extendedposition by means of two rods 9, said rods being pivotally connected atone end to one of said bars 7, and at their outer ends bent forminghooks or pins 10, positioned in openings 11 in the other bar 7, and whenit is desired to collapse the fra1ne,these rods 9 are moved intoalinement. with their bars 7, when the frame can be made compact forstoring, so as to occupy but little room.

The wheels 4:, and 5, above referred to, are preferably mounted on shortaxle stubs 12, fixed to the ends of bars 7, and on the center bar 8,adjacent its ends, hinged brackets 13 are provided, said bracketsadapted to be swung down onto the bar when not in use, and occupy butvery small space. These brackets 13 are bifurcated at their free ends toreceive the trunnions 14 of a board 15, adapted to supoort a bolt ofmaterial 16,

said material being passed downward' through a slot 17 in the bar 8.

In operation, after the material passes downward through the slot 17,one end is held on the table in any suitable manner, and the car movedalong the table until the desired length of material is spread thereon.A rod or bar (not shown) may then be placed upon the material and holdit while the car is run back beyond the starting point. This rod or baris then removed and placed on the material over the end thereof when thecar is run back, and by this means the material may be accuratelymeasured and piled in lengths uniformly, the edges of the materialregistering, and the entire bolt of material fed from the car. The pileof material is then clamped and is ready for the cutter. This method oflaying out the material may, of course, be varied to suit conditions,and each length of material may be cut as desired. When the operation oflaying out material is completed, the car may be collapsed and placedout of the way, so that the table may be used for ordinary purposes.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangementof parts described without departing from my invention, and hence I donot limit myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myselfat liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall withinthe spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination with acollapsible car and rods on one end of the car having hooked 7 free endsto engage the'opposite end of'the car and hold the same extended, ofmeans on said car for supporting material, and means for guidingmaterial from said car, when the latter is moved in either of its normaldirections, substantially as "described. '2. In a device of thecharacter described, the combination with a collapsible car and rods onone end of the-car having hooked free ends to engage the opposite end ofthe car and hold the same extended, wheels supporting the car, bracketson the car, means on said brackets supporting a bolt of material, andsaid carhaving a slotted guide at its lower central portion throughwhich the material from said bolt is passed, substantially as describe3. In a device of the character described, the combination with asupport, of a wheeled collapsible car and rods on one end of the carhaving hooked free ends to engage the opposite end of the car and holdthe same extended on said support, means on said car affording rotarymounting for a bolt of material, and a slotted guide located centrallyof the car through which the material from said bolt is passesubstantially, as described. 4:. In a device of the character described,

the combination with a table, and arrail secured on one edge of thetable, of acollapsiible car comprising a frame,

rods pivotally connected at one end to one end of the frame and havinghooked free ends adapted to engage the opposite end of the frame andhold the frame extended, two grooved wheels supportin one on said rail,two flat wheels supporting the other end of said frame and mounted onthe table, brackets on the frame,,and means affording rotary mountingfor a bolt of material at the upper ends of said brackets, and a slottedbar at the center of said frame through which the material is fed fromthe bolt, substantially as described.

In a device of the character described, thecombination with a table, anda rail secured on one edge of the table, of a car comprising a frame,two grooved wheels supporting one end of said frame and mounted on saidrail, two flat wheels supporting the other end of said frame and mountedon the table, brackets on the frame, and means affording rotary mountingfor a bolt of material at the upper ends of said brackets, a slotted barat the center of said frame through which the material is fed from thebolt, said frame comprising three parallel bars, pivoted bars connectingsaid parallel bars and permitting said bars to be moved together, rodsivoted to the outside bars, and means on the free ends of said rods forsecuring them to the opposite end bars, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL SAMPSON.

Witnesses:

R. H. KRENKEL, CHARLES E. POTTS.

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